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9 audio CDs + 1 CD-ROM for the price of 6 CDs!

When Allen Lowe’s previous CD documentary, Minstrel to Mojo [American Pop] was released, it was acclaimed as one of the ten best boxed sets of the year by The New York Times and as the best independent production of the year in Pulse! magazine. Gary Giddins wrote in the U.S. magazine Modern Maturity (circulation: 23 million): “This astonishing trove of 215 selections lives up to its title . . . the sheer variety is overwhelming.” Here are some other rave reviews:

“There can be few better guides to the varied, fascinating, and vastly influential music of the United States than this.” —John Clarke, The Times [London]

“No one has ever attempted anything like this before . . . these are the streams and tributaries that have fed the river of American music in this century, and it is an amazing experience to sit back and listen to them as they flow together.” —Elijah Wood, The Boston Globe

“There has never been such a fascinating collection of reissued vintage records . . . nor one that gives such an overview of American popular song . . .” —Philip Elwood, San Francisco Examiner